It is indisputable that they are ugly and that most people, not least owing to the sort of houses common in Birmingham, keep them in their front garden, which is not a great look but, compared to the black bin bags one had to lug to the front every week which were then ripped open by either vermin or scavengers, I much prefer them. One quibble is that the insert in the recycling bin is far too small: in fact, it might be better to swap the paper bit for the glass/tin/plastic bit in terms of the amount of space we need.

I noted the date of this thread, no one has contacted us from the Council for our views, so I am not sure what the value of the pilot was ...